The Sun. — London, England, 1864-05-09 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET SHARE MARKETS—This day. AND ORDINARY ORDINARY SHARES AND STOOII.S. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE, Share Railways. 1 Paid.' Closing Businel I CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. ; Price. I done. 13.14. r Sir., Wol , and Str, Val. all 8 81 I The discount market is n ow assum i ng a quieter at liiythe and Tyne. • lOO - at appearance, although no change can be noted in t il r o i s st a a e na t d.,l n x d ellt i r d .o o. l a o l 53e3i 55 1 ..at Caledonian .. 100 1171 1181! 1171 the quotations. The mercantile classes have very 00 Cork and Bandon all - - generally over supplied themselves with accom- 20 Cornwall all 6 7 modation, and with the less demand for money 1,3 E n . A it 1 gets e.p n a o n . div li a s all now experienced, capitalists are beginning to r - B been paid evince a disposition to work at the Bank of Eng_ 2 ' Dublin un. I 1 ast June i all 35 37 I) ,Pertl e & f Ab. Junc:l all 16 17 & 1 0 _ 1 land minimum. The large number of bills, how- S t lEdinburgh Glasgow. 100 8 0 at Grlasg. and S. Western .' 100 101 106 ever, that have as yet been brought forward hav e st t GreatEastern, Ord. stk, 100 - 100 461 •7i 46i 1 4 • - been charged et Ditto A stock l9to 91 per cent. et Ditto East Anglian st 100 6 1 7 1 About £82,000 in gold was taken into the Bank st Great.Northof Scotland 100 - St Great Northern lOO 128 129 129 on Saturday, but 100,000 sovereigns were with- St Do A stock et drawn for transmission to the Brazils. Do Bdo at Gt. S. an 11V. of Ireland 100 91 93 The Star of Tasmania from New Zealand has st Great Western st Do Str Val gua. stock 100 -- brought £83,240. at Lancashire & Yorkshire 160 V. 9 1091 looi ! The condition of trade in the manufacturing dis- at a l lfon lido l r 3 t riTt., l l l Coast waii 1 1011 100 6 10 3 1 21 at Lon:, Chat., astd Dover 100 4l 391 901 tricts during the past week has been exceedingly Lon. & North Western 100 Itol on 1091 ilO 1 active. At Manchester, however, the market for at Lon. & So . .th Western 100 001 9741 97 cloths has been slightly affected by the increase in at alaarna"psohrra"n4ci ali Lincoln. Be lO Ol 52 LI the rate of discount, but at L ee d s , H u dd ers fi e l d, l a p Do t shares - -la p Halifax, all 1 1 112 111 21 Metro Halifax, Leicester, and B ra df or d, a l arge i nquiry st Midlan p d olitan 100 130 1 1301 1.9/ 1 301 prevailed for all descripti ons o f goo d s. At Bir- - et Do ° Birming. l & Derby 100 - 1470 -P IC2 mingham and Sheffield great buoyancy has been 50 Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland all - - 25 Do all - noticed, manufa c t urers h av i ng received large orders 26 mid k / ept shares ~ all — lO Do Cray Line both from the coun t ry an d a b road. st North British A special meeting of shareholders of the Bank of st Edin., Perth, & Dundee 100 244 254 London was held to-day for the purpose of increes- at N tp o . E(aisrinl; purchase 16,1 0 3.4 991 100 i 1001 t s i Do 'Leeds i , o ee r p log the capital by th e a ddi t i onal sum of £2OO t ,000, 100 551 661 01 t 100 881 90 which is to be divided into 2,000 shares of £lO at Do Carlisle.. ..... - - • st North London each. Sir J. V. Sh e ll ey , B art ., :ALP ., w h o occupied 10 Do New the chair, moved th e a d op ti on o f t h e necessary resolu- (Mu North Staffordshire , all 76 78 77 6 1U N. and S. W. Junction all 1(1 111 tions, and observed that while other kindred instia at Scottish Central 39 40 tutions had progressed the Bank of London had el sc ia n o L . 1 3.. tbaers.tOctr 100 1 - to Shrews. and W e l o hp ool a ll - - exhibited still— greater advancement. Th e dim- et Shropshire Union tors had always been actuated by a policy to at South DeTon .... . 100 33 35 secure the confidence of th e public, w hil e a t t h e same 7 , 1 vg i i i ka a strn lOO 90 901 84 i 901 100 - time promoting the interests of the shareholders. ~ ot 6:. t - a lL' it o i lz.a v ndß a inrAits 100 101 107 8 1011 The amount expected to be realised by the premium 25 Stockton & I3arllngton all 364 371 1 on the new shares would repr esen t £140,000, which, t .,, 6 D o l7 94 10 0 New , 1860 lO 8 84 p added to the reserve fund, would r a i se th a t i tem to ,t Taff Vale.. 10 Do B 8 5 7i , an amount as to preclude the necessity of increasing to Do C 2 5 5 0 Ulster atm. 33 4 p it out of the ordinary ear n i ngs every year. T he 20 resolutions were agr ee d t o (2.10 D o - - con., and the thanks st Vale of Neath ~1 Victoria sta. and Pi m lOO - - A call of £2 per share has been made on the ast 4 17 , e a s trto o r r d nvir a a rk euny 100 0 - a l W. Hartlepool Har.&R lOO shares of the Central Argentine Railway Company, West Noidland Newport 100 00 , _—• - . for the lines from Rosario to Cordova, to be paid et - for on the Ist proximo; and a similar amount will " Do Hereford, 100 I be required on the Ist December next. The half-yearly dra w i ng o f T urk i sh Six per BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Cents., 1863, took place on the 2d inst. at Paris, Share Closing Railways Paid. Price. Business don. and the particulars may be seen at the offices of the too A.Tlantic &St Lawrence all 58 60 591 Imperial Ottoman B an k. s k 1 Bord.,Baroda&.Centl n d 100 1011 1021 ton ei 2 ( Gu. 5 per cent.. Two O'CLOCK. 20 Do. New - - A/ Do E ha . At Paris this morning, according to Renter's 206 Buffa • lo an . S tiL r a e a s e - 1177, all :VW telegram, the Three per Cent. Rentes were 66f. 65c. 10 Do. Preference .. 0 r .... all 84 94 , 00 I Buffalo,Brant,&Godrich 100 77 82 Firm. ( 6 et. bds Aug 1 1872 100 D o. d •Iy • 1, 1' 7' 100 7 88 The Stock Exchange markets this morning pre- 100 Do. do. ° • June 1 l'b 3 ' - .l' . 100 17 82 sent an improving tendency, and speculators appear , at ( C 34 1C1133. 0 . &S. b c ttn. (Lin r 100 10 8 0 12 once more disposed to close their " bear" accounts stock lila i r ) ,tn. Ben a 1 ° gu' k . c p ril a 1.2 Ig3 /05 and operate for a rise in prices. Accordingly, all Indian. p,ll. sp. c. 100 1(,24 1031 1031 n 3/ 21 St{ 2r 11;a D B o t . do. G Ext .. 15 i 1 P descriptions of stock are buoyant, and affairs exhi- 20 Do. do. H do. :: 15 t i P Stock Gr_an o d l l a `runk of Canada luu 20 204 bit a more favourable aspect. The Funds have 100 D t Pref. Bonds.. 7l 13 71 2 1 recovered 1 per cent., Consols being 90; 91f for iiO '.13°.: 'l2A).Vreefrildtir. . ail l l 60 gi money, and 901- kex div. for the account. The 1(c3,9 Do. do. deferred...... • all 51 53 New Threes and Reduced Annuities are 881 I • toe DO, d d o . I d ' e e f ie. stock ~. . . all a Vi 5 1 0 2 ' 100 Do. 4th Pref. stock.: all 25 27 Exchequer Bills, 9s, to 4s. dis.; and India 5 per 100 Do. do. deferred...... all 23 e 6 Cents., 1041 1,.. stook Gt.lnchaPenln.gua.sp.c. 100 102 103 1024 There is m ore an i mat i on in the Foreign Market, 2 2ig 0 0 : . I; r i a e n w u T r i y a. 1 8 p 8 . 2 c..... 'l2 1i P and prices have generally improved. Turkish 6 per stock Gt. South.of India(Lim - Cents., 1862, aro 70k 71; ditto Consolides, 504 1; sot G ft v lr . a o rte n d a s d p a u a e r n e t ; t a o l o l 1g ion Mexican, 431 1 ; do., New Loan, k dia., i-, pram,; 100 Do l l N" "73 Met • • 18 104 10 5 100 Do. 54 P p .c ..0. do r' . Greek, 22 kI; Spanish Passive, 34 34; ; Porta.. '77-B ° .. P . t : a ai l l gl6 guese, 48 ; Swedish Scrip, par, 1 prem. ; Russian stock Madras. a a d c la ra n s ß g ra u n a c r h ., I, p ino . e i . te . d . 2 4 iP 100 1011 1021 1011 2 Do. /. ‘ i p. C. Extension 100 96 scrip, 11 f prem. ; and the Confederate Loan, stock De, 44 d 0........ 100 so 94 661 67. _ Do. Fifth Extension. 2 stook atelb Co p o Buds. 100 Business in the Railway Share Market has been so 31elb: & Hobso . n : s Bay. all 58 60 rather inactive, but prices have in most instances too Do. 7 p.c.. Mortg. Bds. all SO Newßr ar.swick a Canda 4to(k z. C .R l ici as ce s d A al3 an po d i ß st pi exhibited more firmness. bds all 8 5 Bank and Miscellaneous Shares remain with- (12 12 ga out material alteration. stock Do. Delhi St Do. do The following are the current quotations of some St Do. Punjaub .... r , 4 5 I all I -Q° 11 stook DO. I B ridus..S7F — lo .. . j .'""; , 100 - of the principal new undertakings :—Provincialtoo 193 95 Bankin g Corporation, il6 prem.; International CO IAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. Land Credit, 11 2 prem. ; Telegraph Construction, LON 4 1- 1} prem.; Sabloniere Hotel, kll prem ; North --- " l i i ,( 7 -4 7 ° -;: 1) ...- a .. " . d1 . 3 100 103 105 1034 4 Australian Company, /11 prem. ; Imperial Bank - Do. ap. c. Feb.l & Ali ~. 100 162 ;04 of China, 4 1 1 prem. ; City Offices, / I prem. ; and 7 13°0.1 P.cc.laanrlguef;: 100 l2 1 :4 Millwall Iron W or k s , k ; pram. - Do. 5 Ins cr ib e d stock 100 89 91 _______- Cape G.llope, 6 p c ,187 3 100 1 0 6 108 .... BRITISHFUNDS-CLOSING PRICES. . _ Do. 189 t Do.Ap .$ Oa 1880 100 107 100 108 11 109 0 - GOTBDNMENT FUNDS. i Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. 100 110 112 •—• Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 100 105 107 3 per Cent. C onso l s - Mauritius 6 per cent .. 100 106 108 Ditto Account, May 8 - Natal Gov. 6 p er cen t.. 100 1 , .)6 108 per Cent. Reduced - 1N.8.G0v.6 p.c. J a.aJ ul 4 100 102 104 New q per Cent ... .... 884 1a 1 - I Do. 6 p. o .A p. & O ct. 100 New 21 per Cent. J an . 1 8 9 4 - IN. S. W, Gov. 5 p 1,18,... 100 991 1001 Ditto 5 per Cent., Jan. 1873 - Do. sp. c.,1 8 / 1 to Lit , 100 99 101 I Do. d0.,1888 &upwds 100 99 101 992 4 1 Annuities, 30 yrs, expire ith J an., 1880 — —• ;New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 101 111 Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885 .— 'Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. Ditto (Red Sea Telegraph), Aug. 1908 — I sterilng, 1875. lOO 104 106 March. June. - Queensland Gcv. 6p. c. 100 Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 21 & 3 per Cent 20 ,S.Aus Gtip.0.1878.& up.. 100 110 112 D itto £SOO - Ditto 9 4 'Do. to 6 v.c. An.aoot.. too t 074 10811 107 $ 1 £lOO and £2OO - --- ______ _____________ , , 1 Share Railways. 1 Pfd, l Closing Business ; Price. I done. ........_________ I 13.14. r Bin., Wol., and Str. Val. all 8 81 at Blythe and Tyne. to B ost.,Sleaf.,andMid.Co all Si 9 111 at Bristol and Exeter st Caledonian ~. 100 1171 1181 1171 50 Corn and Bandon all 20 Corn wa I I a ll 6 7 10 Do A A nets no div all 10 Do. B till 6p c.p an . has tall .... been paid to B. 50 been & Belfast June. all 35 37 25 Dun.,Perth&Ah. Junc.l all 16 17 st (Edinburgh' Glaegow.l 100 88 90 at IGrlasg. and S. Western.i 100 101 1 0 6 st t GreatEastern, Ord. stk, 100 461 '7l 40& 1 4 at Ditto A stock 1 100 • - st Ditto Fast Anglian st 1 00 6 1 7 1 St GreatNorthof Scotland 100 St Great Northern lOO 128 129 129 st Do A stock et Do Bdo at Gt. S. an tW. of Ireland 100 91 to st Great Western st Do Str Val gua. stock 100 at Lancashire & Yorkshire 160 L 9 1091 No; I st London and Blaokwall 100 El 61 65 st Lon., Bright.,3 S. Coast 100 100 (01 101 st Lon., Chat., aad Dover 100 90 41 391 401 a at Lon. & North Western 100 101 on 1091 ilO 9,1 at Lon. & So'.th Western 100 Oili 974 97 st Man., Shef., & Lincoln. 100 53 34 : 50 Maryport and Carlisle. all 121 Do t shares... all at Metropolitan all 111 1121 111 121 st Midland Do Ne;v at Do Birming. & Derby 100 100 IC2 60 &lid. Gt. W. of Ireland all 25 Do. 1 shares 26 Mid Kent .. all 10 Do Cray Line st North British st Edin., Perth, & Dundee 100 244 `,54 st Nth. Eastern—Berwici, 100 991 1001 1001 26 Do, G.N.E. purchase 16.13.4 d r at Do Leeds lOO 551 661 551 at Do York st Do Carlisle.. ..... at North London 1 0 Do New .15.4 North Staffordshire 111 N. and S. W. Junction all Icl 111 et Scottish Central at Scot N. E., Aber. stock 100 39 40 • st Do Soot, Mid. stock lOO 10 Shrews. and Welohpool all st Shropshire Union at South Devon .... . 100 33 35 tt South Eastern '1 South Wales ,t S. York. and River Dun 100 104 107 1011 e 0 staines, Wok., and Wok all 71 81 15 Stockton & Darlington all i 264 374 16 Do l7 91 10 0 .:, Do New, 1866 lO 8 81 0 it Taff Va1e..........,,, lOO 165 170 ,0 Do B 8 5 7 i , 1 .0 Do C 3 3 4 p 1 i 0 Ulster 5 Do .10 Do it Vale of Neath 4 Victoria sta. and Pim lOO t Waterford & Kilkenny 100 t West Cornwall lOO t W. Hartlepool Har.&R lOO t West Midland -Oxford' 100 —-- , t Do Newport,' 100 , 1 -- t Do Hereford ! 100 -- -- March. Jun e . Exchequer Bill s , £l,OOO, 21 & 3 per Cent 2O 9 4 Ditto £5OO Ditto £lOO and £200 Bank England Star ' 5 1 per Ct. Ditto Account Iprbiart GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. India Stock, 10i per Cent., April 1871 — Ditto 5 per Cent. July, 1570 Ditto Account Ditto 4 per Cent. Oct, 1888 Do Certificates Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent...." Ditto 6 per Cent., Jan. 1872 lO3l Ditto 51 per Cent., May, 1879 Ditto Debentures, 4 per Ct., April 1861 Ditto B Dit onds £l,OOO to ditto Aug., 1866 —. Ditto under £l,OOO FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES. Austrian Bonds, 6 per Cent Ditto 1859...... Brazilian 5 per Cent Ditto 4} per Cent., 1852-68-60 Ditto 1863 Egyptian 7 per Cent Ditto, Second Issue Greek 5 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Conpons — Ditto Account Ditto Coupons Ditto Account Guatemala 5 per Cent. Ditto, 1839 and 1869 ... Italian 5 per C en t.(M aremmana Railwa . y) 74/ 4 Mexican 3 per Cent . ... Ditto Account.... 43 1 I ! Moorish I mper i a l 5 per Cent New Granada Ditto 2 per Cent. 3Ol Ditto Deferred Ditto Land Warrants (Hectares) ...... Peruvian 41 per Cent Ditto Account.... ......... Ditto 3 per Cent. (Urib.arren) Ditto 4i per cent., 1862 ;Ditto Account Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 Ditto Account Ditto 3 per Cent., 1866, '7, '9, '6O, 62,'3 Ditto Account 4Bi7i 8 Russian 5 per Cent., 1822, £ St Ditto 4} per Cent.. 1850 .. 84/ 4 Ditto 3 per Cent 1859 ['Ditto 5 per Cent, :1862 Sardinian 6 per Cent B5 Ditto Account Spanish 3 per Cent Ditto Account Ditto New Deferred Ditto Account Ditto P 451assive ...... ... D itto Account Spanish Cert. of Coup not funded SDitto Account wedish, 4 per Cent Ditto Scrip £2O paid' Turkish 6 per Cent. Ditto Account Ditto 6 per Cent. 1858 . Ditto Account Ditto, LlOO Bonds Ditto 6 per Cent. 1862 Ditto Account Ditto 1863 Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent — Venezuela 3 per Cont. Ditto Account 22} Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862 Ditto Account.... Ditto 0 per Cent, 1864 Ditto Scrip, £l5 paid Ditto 11 per Cent Dividends on the above payable in Lend , n, Austrian, 6 per Cent.. Ex. 10 Florins. -- Belgian 41 per Cent., Ex. 25f Dutch 21 per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates Italian, 5 p er Cent , 1861, Ex. 25 francs — Ditto Account .... ......... , Consols THREE O'CLOCK. Ditto M ou n t. ... oney °•• ......••••.. ... 91 ... . ............. 89* 1 z d Liverpool Cotton market—This Dap, Very full prices. Sales about 10,000 bales. Im ports, 3,379 ; previously, 4,386. LORD HOUGHTON will take the chair at the inaugural dinner of the newspaper press fund, to be held at the Freenatteowe Tavera °A the 2let BRITISH MINES. 2 luambrian Gold ulittord Amalgamated Deven G. Con.. (Tavist ) East Bassett (Mogan)" East Clogau Gold Ltd. j ast East Cant Brea... E. trl Russel (Tavistk ) IGam.&St.Aubyn(Gwen !Great South Tolgus Wheal Vor (llelston I clrenville Ilerc..cro-Foot — Uingston Downs ILO • Lady Bertha Margaret (Uny Lelant, arke Valley.. 4 slyndy Iron Ore (Lim ) New Setun -- North Downs N. WWI Basset (1110.,-an North Wheal Crotty .. ['ar Consols (St. Blaze),) 2) Providenoe(UnyLelnt.) South Caradon(St.Cleer. S. Cant Brea (Illogan).. S. Wheal Fran. (Mogan 'Stray Park .. .... !Tamar Silv.& Lead Alin.. i2in Crott ............ • West Basset (Ill ogan).. W Ct radon (Liskeard) West Seton Wheal Basset (Illogan), heal Buller teh)i Wheal Kitty (U (l .Lelan drut t) , WhealLudcott Wheal Mary Ann ( Alen ) Wheal 3eton . . Wheal Treiawney (Lis.) i Wheal Union 22 - 3.1.0 2.6.9 10 0 7 1.14.6 3.4.0 8.13.0; 58z 1 1?s 6.16. t 8.12 4.18.0 2.8.0 I fd 32 34 550 660 67 70 281 291 61 7 3/ 4} 7 9 31 31 33 9f Ot 118 40 31 18 20 41 6f 85 95 11 2* 4f 41 41 43 450 170 40 50 26 80 18.18.91 30.17.6; 2.0.8 3.5. ti 8 584 7 117 38 19 9 10 16 18 195 k O5 90 95 30 35 2 2i lli 12i 200 205 24 24 2 24 PREFERENCE SHARES, Midland, Leicester and Hitchin 4 per ct., 93 North Staffordshire, 22 FOREIGN Antwerp and Rotterdam, 9/ RAILWAYS. San Paulo (lim.), g - ua. 7 per cent., Ditto (all), 19. FOREIGN MMES. Cobre Copper, 34i BANKS. Agra 7,nd United Service (lien.), 142 1 3 40 4 6-111rAnce ;limo, 59 8 61 2 604 Ditto, new, 49 4nglo Austrian, 61 1 Australasia, 74 Ditto, new, 47 Bank of British Columbia, 111 11 Bank of London. 176 Bank of otago. lim., 3 / Bank of New Zealand, 14 Brazilian and Portuguese, lim.. 13 1 13 British and American Exchange (lain.), 33 43 39 41 Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 39, City, 131 30 Consolidated Bank, Rm., 11 East:London, lira., Ditto, new, 76 1 „ English and Irish, 1im.,"151 European Bank, lim., 12) Hindustan, 'china, and Japan (lim.). 324 34 Ditto, new, issued at 2 pm., 144 15 ImperbA Bank (lim.), 39: Ditto, new, 244 4 Imperial Ottoman, 201 Land Mortgage Bank of India, lim., 51. 6 L ondon Bank of Scotland, lim., 18 London and Brazilian (lim.), 56) London, Birm,, and S. Staffordshire, lim., 251 LLondon Chartered Bank of Australia, 26t ondonand Colonial (lim.), 15 and Coun g ty, 611 London J oint London, Hambur, Cont. Exchang e , li m. , 181 1 9 1 Lond o Stock, 45 4 n and Northern, lim., 221 London and South African, 27 • London and So uth - Western, 25 4 London and %% estminster, Of mercantile and Exchange, Jim., 10} Metropolitan and Provincial ank, 2 9 33 Mexican, lim., 64 6 National Provincial of England, Ditto, • Di ditto, 381 MISCELLANEOUS. Ceylon Company, D. City Offices, lira., sff Commercial Union, lusurance, 81 t Contract Corporation, lim., 46 Discount Corporation, 15:6 Egyptian Com. and Trading, lira 5i i glish and Australian Copper, d Financial Corpora\tion, 54 Fore-street Warehouse, Um., 6 Gen. Credit and Finance of London, 11m., 91 6 Hudson's Bay, 14 a Indian Carrying, Jim., I* International Financial Society, lim., it 10t Joint Stock Discount, lim., 7 Gri; Land Securities, lim., 4/ 5 London Financial Association, lim., 261 London General Omnibus Company, 2,1 National Discount Company, lim. 13 . Nova Scotia Gold and Land, lim., , 21 3 Peninsula and Oriental Steam, 85k MI 8 5 71 THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MAY 9, 1864. Day, been large, and, notwithstanding the advance in the Bank rate of discount to nine per cent,, the biddings for all de scriptions have ruled active, at the full prices current at the close of last sales. Continental buyers have also been in good attendance, and these have made somewhat exten sive purchases, at very full prices. The private contract market is very moderately supplied with English wool, and and the trade is very firm. Buyers, however, appear dis posed, in consequence of the shortness of the supply as well as of the high price of money, to limit their transactions to the supply of their immediate wants. Current prices of English wool per lb. Fleeces —South Down hoggets 1 111 to 2 01 Half-bred do Kent fleeces South Down ewes & wethers 1 9 110 Leicester d 0..~, Sorts—Clothing Combing MARLBOROUGH STREET. were produced wtth five rounds from the three guns. With the Armstrong shunt-gun there were through the six tar gets, from first to last, 591 distinct perforations :and 682 places in which either fragments of the shells had lodged or deeply indented the wood, making 1,273 marks in all. With the Armstrong breech. loader there were 338 perfora tions and 368 places in which the fragments had either struck or lodged, making 706 marks in all. With the Whit• worth there were 524 perforations and 132 places in which either the shrapnel bullets had struck or lodged, making 656 marks in all. In addition to these marks Sir William had opposite the targets opposed to his shunt-gun three ragged holes--one 10 inches by 9 inches, one 14 inches by 12 inches, and one 15 inches by 5, so that in destructive effect the victory of the Armstrong shunt is here so pre eminent as to require no further comment, On Friday morning last the same trials were continued with the same targets to find the number of men which each gun would kill in five rounds—the result to be ascertained after the firing was over by forming up soldiers in line in front of each target, and then counting the perforations only which had been made in the wood behind every man. This test gave the shunt-gun a total of 108 men killed, to the breech loader's 118 men killed, and to the Whitworth 89 men killed, In this case, also, very plausible reasons are alleged to account for the Whitworth shells killing in theory fewer than the other, but we can no more enter into these excuses than Sir William's explanations why Whitworth beats him in range, or why his breech loader shot badly at the trial we have mentioned. These tests, we have said, ought to have •been made with case shot, but Mr. Whitworth did not wish to use it, and preferred his time-fuzee shells. Case shot is a mere thin cylinder filled with musket balls, and stopped at each end with a wooden wad. This cylinder instantly breaks on leaving the gun, and the balls, spreading into a circle, tell with murderous effect upon men at 400 and 500 yards, and from the shape of Mr. Whitworth's hexagon rifling it is said he cannot use this missile with effect. Such a deficiency —if it really exists—is not of serious moment ; but still it would be a deficiency, and as such, no doubt, recorded against the gun. Using time fuzes at such a range as 430 yards appeared to be objectionable. In time fuzes a mis calculation of the time of bursting, even such an infinitesi mal miscalculation as 1-10th of a second would be sufficient to make the shell burst 40 yards too soon or too late. When such fractional nicety is required it is like expecting im possibilities to suppose that men in the hurry and hot blood of action, with the enemy as close upon them as 450 yards, would be able to cut fuzees with such minute accuracy as to allow for 10the of seconds in ever varying distances. How it would be in action with no previous knowledge of the ranges was shown on Friday at Shoeburyness, where, with perfect knowledge of the range, with ample time, the most scrupulous care, and every scientific adjunct required : to insure success, only ono shell out of five burst precisely where it was wanted, right in front of the targets. In mak ing these remarks we wish most carefully to guard ourselves from being supposed to advance anything against either the principle or efficiency of Mr. Whitworth's time shell, of which it is not too much to say that it is the most perfect • missile of the kind ever invented. The percussion shell of the 'Whitworth gun is far inferior to it, and, as compared with the general efficiency of Sir William's percussion shell may be pronounced almost a failure. As yet it has effected so little that on every occasion he can do so Mr. Whitworth prefers to use his time shell, and with very good reason, After the trials at these targets were over, another test of endurance was made by firing 50 rounds of shot from each gun, which were then left to cool, and impressions taken of their interiors to show wear and tear of bore. It is only necessary to say that these impressions proved that the guns are wearing, though we are not yet in possession of such authentic information as to state which has worn most. rn our account of the experiments made at Shoeburyn ess on Friday the merit of Captain Palliser's plan of fastening armour- bolts was inadvertently ascribed to his brother. The praise is due to Captain William Palliser, of the 18th Hussars. Central Criminal Court--This Day. The May Sessions of the Central Criminal Court corn menced this morning at the Sessions House, Old Bailey, before the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, and other civic authorities. The calendar consists of a list of 84 prisoners for trial. The Grand Jury having been sworn, The Reccrder, in delivering his charge, said be was happy to inform them that the calendar did Rot contain a very large list of prisoners for trial ; and that none of the cases were of a very serious nature. There was a case in which a man had been committed for trial for unlaw. fully wounding, but since that the person who had been wounded had died, and the case would be presented before them as one of manslaughter; and if they were satisfied that the death was occasioned by the wound, it would be their duty to return a true bill. There was also another case of manslaughter, in which a person who prac tised and represented himsel as a surgeon, not being duly qualified, was charged with having caused the death of the deceased for want of proper knowledge and skill, and gross ignorance. It appeared that he had operated on the deceased for a ease of the hip joint, from the effects of which he died. If they were satisfied that the prisoner was not a practical and proyerly qualified surgeon, and death ensued from his want of skill, it would be their duty to return a true bill. Having referred to a ease in which a person was charged with an attempt at rape en a young girl, the Re corder said the only other case he thought it necessary to make any observation on was :a case in whioh two boys were charged with arson in setting fire to chattels in a dwel ling house. It appeared the prisoners had put some lighted paper in the letter box at the prosecutor's house, and set fire to a number of letters. When the fire was discovered it was found that the lighted paper put into the box was part of an old newspaper, the other portions of which had been traced to have been in possession of the prisoner, The jury would•have all the facts before them, and if the evidence showed a prima facie case against the prisoner, it would be their duty to send the case for further enquiry before the petit jury. There was no other case in which it would be necessary to make any observations, and he would therefore at once dismiss them to their duties. The Grand Jury having retired, A common jury was sworn, and the Court proceeded with the trial of cases standing over from last session. POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day. ALLEGED ROBBERY IN A CAB.—Margaret Mills, an unfortunate, was charged before Mr. Knox with stealing from the person of Mr. James O'Brien, of 25, Newman street, Oxford-street, a leather bag containing £27 108. in gold. The prosecutor said that about twelve the previous night he met the prisoner in Oxford. street, and get into a cab and went with her as far as Holborn-hill, when they got out and got into another cab, telling the driver to proceed to the Marble Arch. On reaching Marylebone-lane, the prisoner got out and wanted to get away, and this caused him to suspect something, and putting his hand into his trowsers' pocket he missed a leather bag containing £27 10s, which he felt was safe in hid pocket when ho first met the prisoner. He then called a constable and gave the prisoner in charge. Ur Knox asked the prosecutor whether he was quite sober. The prosecutor said he had been to two publichouses, and at one he had some stout and ale, and at the other some brandy. The prisoner said she did not remember anything, as she had been drinking. She did not take the ,prosecutor's money. Job Elliott, 355 D, said the prosecutor was the worse for drink, but the prisoner was quite sober. The prosecutor charged the prisoner with stealing his bag and money, and said she had run down a court, Mr Knox asked what money was found on the prisoner, and the constable said only Bs. 6d. The prisoner said the prosecutor give her that, which he did not deny. Mr Knox said it was just possible the prosecutor might have dropped the bag in the cub. lie could not detain the prisoner on the evidence, but ho would advise the prose cutor to go to the Lost Property Office at Scotland-yard and give information that the cabman might, if possible be traced. The prosecutor had lost his money by his own folly, but the police would try and help him to recover it. Barns, the gaoler, said the prisoner could be found at any time if she was wanted. The prisoner was then discharged. VIOLENT ASSAULT ON ♦ Wing.—Henry Vincent, of 8, Husband-street, a sweep, was charged with violently as saulting his wife Mary, by striking her on the head with a can. Loosley, 46 0, said that at one o'clock yesterday morning he was callE d to No. 8, Husband-street, where he found the prisoner's wife smothered with blood, and unable to see, lie took her to the Middlesex Hospital, where she had her head dressed. She was unable to attend that morning. In answer to Mr. Knox, the constable said the wife told him that her husband cut her head open with a can, while the prisoner said it was done with his fist. The poor woman, who was very ill, told him that she did not like to appear against the prisoner, who had assaulted her before, as, if he were sent to prison, she would have to go to the workhouse. Ho believed the wife was frightened to appear. The prisoner said he had b9en out drinking comfortably with his wife, and he did not know what caused them to fall out, but he believed she threw some water on him. Mr. Knox remanded the prisoner. MARK-LANE. The demand for wheat in the country markets held on Saturday was by no means active. Holders, however, were firm, and previous quotations were well supported. The trade for spring corn and lour was quiet, on former terms, On the Continent the corn trade continues dull ; and at New York, with a very limited export inquiry, both wheat and lour have considerably declined in value. The arrivals of English grain up to our markets last week were moderate. The imports from abroad amounted to 6,496 quarters of wheat, 2,337 barley, 15,685 oats, 855 beans, 1,574 peas, 513 tares, 5,805 linseed, 7,730 oilseeds, 500 sundry seeds, 485 sacks, and 12,423 barrels of Sour. Compared with Monday last there was a considerable falling off in the show of samples of English wheat on the stands today; but the condition of the produce was tole rably good. The trade opened with firmness, both Kent and Essex qualities being held at an advance of is per quarter. CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURB. IVhea6 —Essex and Kent, red, 1863, per qr 3GB to 41s Ditto, old —B —8 Ditto, white, 1863 4ls 46s Ditto, old —a -8 Norfolk and Lincoln, red, old —s —8 Ditto, 1863 Talavera, Rye— Barley—Grinding 22s 258 Malting 24s 37s Malt—Suffolk and Norfolk 6OB 60s Brown Kingstown and Ware 6os 668 Chevalier 668 68s Oats —Yorkshire and Lincolnsh., Feeding lBs 23s Potato Youghal and Cork, black lss 23s Cork, white l6B 23s Scotch, Feeding l9B 23s Beans—Tick Pigeons, Peas—Grey Maple White 335 36s Boilers Flour—Town-made, per 2801 b Suffolk 9 88 308 Stockton and Norfolk. ....... 27s 29s American, per barrel l9B 25s METROPOLITAN CATTLE. There was a full average supply of foreign beasts on offer in market to-day ; but the number of foreign sheep was only moderate. Sales progressed slowly on rather lower terms, The arrivals of beasts put up from our own grazing districts, as well as from Scotland, were seasonably exten sive. English breeds came to hand in but middling condi tion, but the stock from Scotland was very prime. The receipts from Ire!and were limited. For all breeds the demand was heavy, at a decline in the quotations compared with Monday last, of 2d per Blbs, and a total clearance was not effected. The best Scots and crosses sold at from 4s to 6d to 4s 8d per 81bs. From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgshire we received 2,300 crnssea; from other parts of England 800 various breeds; from Scotland 431 Scots and crosses ; and from Ireland 120 oxen and heifers. We were but moderately supplied with sheep, but their general quality was good, The mutton trade ruled firm at fully last week's currency. , Downs, out of the wool, pro duced 5s per 81bs. The few woolled sheep on offer sold readily at high prices, the top figura being 6s 4d per Sibs. Lambs were in fair supply and steady request, at late rates--viz., from 63 4d to 7s 4d per Bibs. About COO came to hand from the Isle of Wight. Calves moved off slowly on former terms, The top pri ce was 5s 4d per Slbs, We have to report a dull inquiry for pigs, at last week's quotations. Per 81bs.to sink the offal. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d Crse. &inf. beasts 3 2 3 6 Primecrs-wool d 0.4 6 4 8 Second quality do. 3 8 4 0 Pme.S'thdowndo.4 10 5 0 Prime large oxen 4 2 4 4 Largo orse. calves 4 4 5 0 Prime Scots, &c. 4 6 4 8 Prime small do 6 2 5 4 eras. & inf. sheep 3 6 3 10 Large hogs 3 6 4 0 Second qualitydo. 4 0 4 4 ' Small porkers 4 2 4 6 Lambs....6s 4d to 7s 4d. Suckling calves, 16s to 23s ; and quarter-old store pigs, 20s to 25s each. TOTAL SUPPLY. FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts Cows — Sheep and lambs .... 3,010 Sheep and lambs 22,640 ICalves Calves l5O , Pigs . . 80 Pigs. 4BOl The total imports of foreign stock into London, last week, amounted to 7,807 head. In the corresponding week in 1863, we received 6,lol—in 1862, 1,537—in 1861, 5,306 —in 1860, 5,959—in 1859, 2,487—in 1858, 2,581 head. IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAS/ WEEK. From Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. Rotterdam .... 589 .. 294 28 .. 465 .. 356 Harlingen .... 740 .. 114 .. 16 .. Hamburg .... 166 .. 3231 .. 308 Amsterdam.... Boulogne ... .. _ Bremeni .. 77 .. . • Dordt,. 8 .. 175 .. 69 .. 1 .. Nieu Diep Antwerp Ostend .. 74 .. Calais •• Oporto Dunkirk 5O .. --- • • -- • . - 4 "-- •• ..... •11 •• - .. - .. 7 .. 2 .. 2 .. 23 .. -- .. 147 •• - •• -- •• -- •• - •• 80 .. - .. -80 .. - .. .. 384 384 Total .... 1694 .. 3b96 .. 99 .. 512 ..1606 The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 1863.. 903 .. 4,468 .. 265 .. 477 .. 48 1882 .. 128 .. 953 .. 79 .. 277 .. 100 1861 498 .. 4,207 .. 210 .. 206 .. 185 1860 1850 227 .. 2,048 .. 37 .. 180 .. 1858 A statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in the great Metropolitan Cattle Market on Monday, May 11, 1863, and this day, Monday, May, 9, 1864, Per 81b. to sink the offal. May 11, 1863. Coarse and inferior beasts.... 3 4to 3 6 Second quality do. 3 8 4 2 Prime large oxen .. 4 4 4 6 Prime Scots, &c. .. 4 8 410 Coarse and inferior sheep .... 3 6 310 Second quality do. .. 4 0 4 2 Prime coarse-woolled do 4 4 4 6 Prime Southdown do. .. 4 8 410 Lambs Large coarse calves .. 310 4 4 Prime small do. Large hogs Neat small porkers 4 2 4 6 Beasts Sheep and lambs 24,410 Calves Pigs.. 370 StiPpLins oN SALE, May 12, 1862.—8 sheep and lambs, 24,680—calves, 125—pigs, MIT 13, 1 861.—Beasts, 4,4 Bo—sheep, 2 111—pigs, 360. May 9, 1864. 3 2to 3 6 38 4 0 42 4 4 46 4 8 3 6 310 40 4 4 46 4 8 410 6 0 64 7 4 44 5 0 52 5 4 36 4 0 42 4 6 5,270 26,820 I 480 easts, 4,030- 430. _ 1, - 950—calves, NENVGATE AND LEADENHALL. These markets are moderai a moat descriptions a fair ai tely supplied with meat to-day. rerage business is doing, at our the carcase. Per 81b. by 8 d ed Inferior beef .. 2 8 3 0 Middling do. .. 3 2 3 6 Prime large do. 3 8 3 10 Do. small do. .. 4 0 4 2 Large pork .... 3 0 3 10 Inferior mutton. 3 6 3 10 d s 6 Middling mutton 4 0 4 4 Prime do . 4 6 4 8 Veal. Small pork 4 0 4 6 Lamb BOROUGH HOP. Our market is very moderately supplied with English hops. For good and fine parcels there is a moderate inquiry, at full prices; otherwise, the trade is dull, and the quota tions have a downward tendency. Last week's import was —5O bales from New York, 114 from Boston, and 19 from Hamburg. Mid and East Kents £5 Os to £9 lOs per owt. Weald of Kents 5 Os to 7 7s „ Sussex Yearlings 3 Os to 5 Os „ Bavarian . 558t0 8 8s „ Belgian American BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS. The arrivals of home grown potatoes to these markets continue on an extensive scale, but the general quality is by no means satisfactory. Good and prime samples are in moderate request, at our quotations; otherwise the trade is very dull. Since we last wrote a few parcels have arrived from Germany and Portugal. Yorkshire Regents 4ss to 55s per ton. Flukes Rocks Perth, Forfar, and Fife Regents 35s to 658 „ Rocks Kent and Essem Regents SEEDS. There was a dull inquiry for cloverseed, and the quota- tions were almost nominal. Linseed and rapeseed were in slow request, and prices had a downward tendency. Other seeds commanded a fair business on former terms. The transactions in cakes have been on a limited scale, yet no change took place in the curl turnip, White,p.bus.lls to 14s Swede —a —s Mustard, Brown loa 13s White, Tares, Spring. 4s Od 45 6d Old per quarter - 6 —s Chnary, per quarter 52a 6 a Rye grass, new 22s 24s Clover, Red Eng., et 425 72s White Foreign Red 4t,s ig White 515 68s Trefoil, new 22s 27s 'encies. I Carraway 223 26s Coriander ...... l2s 16s llempseed, per qr 44s 46s Linseed,Eng.sowing 76s 78a Crushing s3s Ns Baltic —s —8 Odes s a —B —A Linseed Cake, p ton —s —a English £9 10s.£10 IGa Foreign £olos £lO is Rape Cakea,p ton.£s Os £6 OR Rapeseed,ttew,pr qr 62s 65s WOOL. The second series of public sales of colonial wool for the year commenced on Thursday last. The arrivals since the close of last sale amount to 103,763 bales, consisting of From N. S. Wales and Queensland 15,281 bales. ~ Victoria .. 4.6,958 „ Tasmania ................ 1,588 ~ South Australia .. „ West Australia „ New Zealand „ Cape Total 103,764 bales. The attendance of home buyers up to the present time has THAMES. BORDER'S AND DRUNKENNESS ON BOARD SHIP.— Thomas Powell, a labourer, was brought before Mr. Paget, charged with stealing sherry and ale on board the ship Regina, in the East India Duck, and being drunk on board The case was a very extraordinary one. Yesterday (Sunday) evening, half-past. S o'clock, a dock watchman, maned Martin, saw a woman, a man, and 4 children coming along the west quay of the East India dock. They were all drunk, and reeling about. One of the children fell down and was senseless for some time. The party were taken to the dock watchhouse, and one of the women turned out to be the prisoner's wile, the man his brother, and the intoxicated little ones were his offspring. Clarke, a dock con stable,went on board the ship,in the dock, and found prisoner lying under the cabin table dead drunk, On searching the TALLOW. The tallow trade is steady to-day, and prices are 9d per cwt. higher than on Monday last. P.Y.C. is quoted at 41s per cwt. on the spot; and town tallow at 3Ss 9d nett cash. Rough fat is selling at 2s 2d per Slbs. Particulars. 1860. 1861 Stock this nay__ Price of Y.C. Delivery lastweek Ditto from June 1 Arrivals last week Ditto from June 1, Price of Town ....I 1863, 28,731 53663. to' 67,609 588 Od to —8 Od 832 1:327 i r,700 76,015 i 611 lu4 93 . 1 51 116,530 51s 3d 576 3d 1862. 1864. 35,042 40,6 2 50,050 Rs.% to-43861 to 4183 d to Od —s Od —s Od 1,219 699 1,012 115,171 75,036 71,558 20 279 645 93,407 78,272 83,761 455 6d 448 3d 41s 6d The Armstrong and Whitworth Trial, e competition for supremacy between these field-guns has now lasted a month, each week of which has given varying results with regard to excellency, though none of them of such a conclusive kind as would warrant even the most experienced in pronouncing an opinion as to the ulti mate success of either. • We say "either," for though three guns are in the field —the Armstrong shunt-gun, the Armstrong breech-loader, and the Whitworth—yet the varying equality of the competition we have spoken of must be understood to refer only to the performances of the shunt-gun and the 'Whitworth, The breech-loader is a good gun, and most especially is it good in its shell practice, a missile which it was only made to fire, But, beyond its shell practice, it is deficient in a thousand minor points, not much, perhaps, when stated singly, but formidable in the aggregate to either Sir William's shunt-gun or the hexagon of Mr. Whitworth. Out of this country, where the science of artillery practice is carried to a pitch of perfection which is apparently, to judge from the make of their ordnance, not even attempted by other nations, the breech-loader would no doubt be thought a perfect weapon. But, side by side with such severe standards of excellence as Sir William's shunt gun and Mr. Whitworth's hexagon, what were before thought to be minor imperfections are now, with stern jus tice, measured as radical defects, and it is not too much to say that the breech-loader is looked upon by all virtually out of the contest. It now turns only on the comparative merits of the shunt and the Whitworth. Thus, then, whatever may be the result of the trials as regards the supremacy of the Armstrong shunt-gun or the Whitworth, the competi tion has not been made in vain. Already the country has gained an immense advantage by the incontestable proof thus afforded that the gun with which our batteries in the field are now armed is not the best that can be got. Such an all-important truth is well worth a little cost and trouble to elicit, and we know now beyond all doubt that, whatever may be the result of Mr. Whitworth's claims, Sir 'William Armstrong himself has in the shunt gun invented a very much fitter piece of ordnance than that on which our troops are now depending in the use of the breech-loader. The literal market value of such a result can scarcely be over estimated. It now, therefore, only remains to be proved which of the two conquerors of the breech-loader, the, Arm strong shunt-gun or the Whitworth, is the better piece, and whenever this result is definitively ascertained the country may rest content in the assurance that they possess an artil lery which, until it is copied, will be without an equal in the world. In the present state of this competition we cannot venture on even a surmise as to which of the two will prove the victor; but we can say confidently that the time is fast approaching when the most momentous question at issue between the two ordnance—that of endurance--will be decided one way or the other. Nino hundred and ninety-two rounds have already been fired from each gun, and each now gives the signs of wear which may or may not be developed into alarming weakness at any moment ; 'More than this,in the absence of strictly reliable information, and with the intense party feeling which prevails among the supporters of each gun at Shoebury, it would be unwise to say. 'We most add, however, that both Sir William and Mr. Whitworth disre gard these defects as comparatively trivial, and that, on the other hand, the committee did not quite agree in this opin ion, or, at all events, as a prudent measure, have determined after the thousandth round, which will be fired today, to treat them as unproved guns and fire them with a long lan yard while the gunners are under shelter, The mere fact of such precautions being taken is an evidence of the begin ning of the end—an end which would terminate the whole controversy if it took place with the big guns, but which we must be careful not to regard as final with these small ones. The principle of strength, rifling, and construction which answers for a large gua will, as a mathematical certainty, answer for a small one, but as an almost invariable rule what does for a small gun will not do for a large one. The great question, therefore, of destructiveness, length of range, accuracy, and endurance will be tested quite irrespective of the results of these field-pieces. It will be the trials of the large guns which will form the court of final appeal, As far as they have yet been gone through, the trials embrace almost every kind of performance which could be exacted from a gun in active service, with very many which the utmost exigencies of a rough campaign would rarely call forth. For range at various degrees of elevation the tests have proceeded up to ten degrees, at which Mr. Whitworth's gun threw its shot on an average 350 yards further than the shunt. This may seem a trifling differ ence at 4,000 y ar d s, or nearly two and a half miles—a range qatuiwtehichnhpaonssiebni. It geagenaenitliuwsitthnostu,chholwigehvetrr bo forgottenns would be that if at two miles and a half there is an advantage to Mr, Whitworth of 350 yards, at 20 degrees elevation, or four miles' range, his superiority would amount to nearly half a mile of increased range, and increased range as re gards the shot is greater penetration and more direct flight, which is, in other words, a lower trajectory or flatter curve as it drops from the muzzle of the gun to the earth. As a set-off against this we must bear in mind that Sir - William's shunt gun has been found to be sighted too low and Mr. Whitworth's too high; and, though the difference is far too minute to affect th e results at 4,000 yards, it might make a material change i n th e question of flat trajectory at 400. In fact, from the te s t s made of initial velocity, or the speed at which the shots leave the gun's muzzle, it has been proved that the actual velocity is higher with Sir 'William's shunt gun than with Mr. Whi tworth's. At 800 yards, however, Mr. Whitworth's shot i s c l ose upon Sir Wil li am ' s, and at 1,000 or 1,100 yards is, no doubt, equal with it in rapidity. W e only mention this fact of initial velocity to show that flatter trajectory fiht on the question of flat trajectories Sir William's shunt gun has a low flat lines of flight Whit worth's. But fiat traject or i es, or, to spea k i n p l a i n Eng lish, of shot to 1,100 yards than Mr. Whit shot from the gun's muzzle, are only valuable at low angles o f th e gun i tse lf— t h at i s, when its muzzle is not much el evate d , and t h e s h o t th ere f ore range s throughout thegre a t er part of its course across a field at about the height of a man. At high elevation of the gun, when a great range has to be reached, and the diffe rence between a high and a low tranjeetory is a difference of 100 or 200 yards above the ground, the low trajectory that passes at 100 yards is in practice as valueless as the high trajectory 'which passes at 200, for in both cases the shots are not more noisy and quite as harmless as the idle wind. But at low elevations of the gun a low t , ejectors' is valuable in practice, and is a result which all scientific gunners and inventors of guns strive hard to obtain, for, as a rule which never varies, the lowest trajectory at all ranges is the truest gun—that is, it is the gun that sends its shot longest in the straightest line. The test of initial velocity proves that Sir William's shunt-gun has the lowest trajec tory up to 1,000 yards, and the increased range gained by Mr Whitworth at 4,000 yards proves that he keeps not the lowest throughout, but a low trajectory for the longest time. Last week trials were made at stockades, very similar in their power of resistance to the " pahs" in New Zealand. These trials proved nothing worthy of recording, If meant to show that men under cover of the stockade could be killed, the targets were placed much too close to the 15 inches of green elm which formed the stockade to display the effect of the shell on bursting inside them. If it was meant to destroy the stockade, the charges with which the shells were fired were much to large, as they all passed through before burst ing. The whole trial was, in short, one which had evidently been discovered among the red-tape archives relating to the tests of smooth-bore artillery, for as a test of rifled ordnance it was almost worthless. The charges of powder were either very much too great for such obstacles, or the ob stacles themselves were very much too great. The most interesting trial was made with targets representing regi ments of infantry in quarter-distance column. Each gun, the shunt, the breach-loader, and the Whitworth, had a series of targets to itself. These targets were of 2-inch deal, and for each gun presented a front of 64 feet wide, and behind each front line of 54 feet were placed five similiar targets, at intervals of 15 feet apart, They were, in fact, placed for each gun so as to present exactly the same formation in width and depth of a regiment of in fantry, moving, as they almost always do move, from point to point, when in action in quarter-distance column. The targets, however, were nine feet high instead of five, as a regiment at 450 yards, which was the range for the guns to practice at, would have appeared to artillerymen. The firing was expected to be made with case shot; but Mr Whitworth preferred either percussion or time shell, for ma- sons which we shall presently endeavour to explain. The practice with all the guns was good, except in the case of the breech-loader, for the shortcomings of which very plan .. sible reasons were given as to wrong sighting, with which, however, we have nothing to do, merely confining our re cords to results accomplished. Both the Armstrongs ,fired with segment shell and con cussion tfuses ; the Whitworth with shrapnel shell and time fuses. On each series of targets . the following results lacarette under the cabin a chisel was found on the top of a cask of sherry in bottles, and there was a bottle of sherry with the neck off, on the top of another cask containing bottles of ale. There were 7 bottles of ale gone out of one cask, and nine bottles of sherry missing from another. The place was in great confusion, and the cabin smelt of sherry and ale. The prisoner had been on board the Regina at work for some time, and he was left on board yesterday in the absence of the captain and mates to take care of the ship and stores. The chisel found in the lazarette was taken from the third mate's bunk. Mr. Paget sentenced the prisoner to one months' fm prisonment and hard labour. SECON Ali EDITION. oUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 O'CLOCK, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE—Tins Day, LATEST CITY AND WEST-END BETTING There was considerable business done upon the Derby this morning, and Cambuscan and Paris were in great force. Birchbroom looked like receding, and there were people anxious to lay. The following is a list of actual business done THE GREAT NORTHERN HANDICAP. sto 1 agst Major (offered) 100 to 15 agst Wingrave (taken) Bto 1 agst Dr. Rooke (taken) Bto 1 agst Guerilla Bto 1 agst Trust Bto 1 agst Greville Bto 1 agst Caller Ou 10 to 1 agst Limosina 12 to 1 agst Fontenoy 15 to 1 agst Bing Charming 15 to 1 agst Greenland 15 to 1 agst Vacuna colt THE DERBY. 6to 1 agst General Peel (cffered) 7to 1 agat Scottish Chief Bto 1 agst Cambuscan (taken freely) 100 to 7 agst Birchbroom (offered) 14 to 1 agst Paris (taken freely) 100 to 7 agst Coastguard 15 to 1 agst Prihce Arthur 15 to 1 agst Historian 25 to 1 agst Ely 25 to 1 agst Forager 25 to 1 agat Blair Athol 25 to 1 agst Baragah (taken freely) THIRD EDITION SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK. TATTERSALL'S—This Evening, GREAT NORTHERN HANDICAP. 4to 1 agst Major (taken) sto 1 agst Wingrave (take 6to 1) 8 to • 1 agst Trust (taken) 9to 1 agst Guerilla (taken) 10 to 1 agst Dr. Rooke (taken) 12 to 1 agst East Lancashire (taken) 100 to 7 agst Alice (taken) THE DERBY. 6to 1 agst General Peel (taken) Bto 1 agst Scottish Chief (taken) Bto 1 agst 6'ambuscan (taken) 11 to 1 agst Birchbroom (taken) 13;to 1 agst Paris (taken and offered) 14 to 1 agst Coastguard (taken and offered) 100 to 6 agst Prince Arthur (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst Ely (taken) 20 to 1 agst Baragati (taken) 20 to 1 agst Historian (offered) 25 to 1 agst Blair Athol (offered) 40 to 1 agst Hollyfox (taken) 1000 to 8 agst Teddy (taken) 50 to 1 agst Idler (taken and offered) 50 to 1 agst Valiant (taken) 66 to 1 agst Major (taken) ARRIVALS AT YORK. Greville, Vacuna colt, My Mary, The Clown, Little Stag, Guerilla, Lady Marian, Eastminster, Limosina, Capucine filly, Rondoletia, Alice, Tabitha Bramble, Vanessa, Trust, Jig, Spring Gun, King Alfred, Dr. Rooke, Donne Canna, Flirtation, King Charming, Clarior, Sister to Ascham, War Whoop, Dawdler, Venus, Windham, Josephine, Skyrocket, Similitude, Monk, Bandarilla, Amazonian, Cutaway, Guimaiwe, and Laomedon. AQUATIC S. Bfffen and Kilsby for £5O a-side. This match came off this afternoon on the usual course from Putney to Mortlake. The start took place at half-past four o'clock. Kilsby, having won the inside station, took the lean, and off Simmons' was quite clear. He increased the lead to four lengths, when he arrived at Hammersmith bridge, and won easily by:two lengths. Kilsby was piloted by his brother—Biffin was taken up by J, Phelps. The time was 26 minutes 20 seconds. The betting at starting was 2 to 1 on Biffin, with very few takers. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS—This Evening. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. THE DANO-GERMAN WAR-A SUSPENSION OF ARMS AGREED TO, The Earl of CARNARVON stated that when he gave notice that he would this evening draw attention to the Danish Question, he anticipated that the Conference was practically at an end. He now understo d that an armistice had been agreed upon, the terms of which had been ac cepted by Lord Palmerston as satisfactory. If that was true he would withdraw his notice for this evening. The noble earl then asked the noble earl, the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, if he could state what had really been agreed upon. Earl RUSSELL said that the Conference to-day had agreed to the suspension of Hostilities between Austria and Prussia on the one side, and Denmark on the other. The terms upon which this was done was that each party was to preserve its own positions both by sea and land, and the blockade to be raiz!d. The suspension of hostilities was to continue for one month. The conference would meet again on Thursday. The Earl of CARNARVON asked if there was any fur ther information on the subject. Earl RUSSELL said the question was between the sus pension of arms and an armistice, and the German Powers were ready to agree to an arrangement by which Jutland would be evacuated by the Germans, the Isle of Alsen being evacuated by Denmark; but the Danish Govern vernment preferred a simple suspension of aims, each power retaining its own position. The Earl of CARNARVON said under such circum stances he should Dt course postpone proceeding with his motion, but he could not refrain from remarking that Den mark by her extraordinary bravery had entitled herself to the sympathy of Europe. (Loud cries of "hear, hear.") The Earl of ELLENBOHOUGH asked if the noble earl could state the exact day upon which the suspension of arms was to commence. Earl RUSSELL replied on the 12th of the present month. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead Gas Bill was read a second time. The Pbesnix Gas, Wandsworth Bridge, North-Eastern Railway (alicklefield Branch), Salisbury Railway and Market House, Llandloes and Newton Railway, Andover and Chilton Pond Road, and London Docks, Victoria Docks, and St. :Katharine's Docks Amalgamation Bills were read a third time and patolei. THE WHITSUNTIDE RECESS. Earl GRANVILE stated that at the rising of the house on Fridday nest, he should move the adjournment of the house for the Whitsuntide holidays, until Monday the 23d. POLAND. Lord STRATHEDEN then moved that, in the opinion of this house, the correspondence of her Majesty's Govern ment with the Cabinet of Saint Petersburg on the Polish question has not as yet reached a satisfactory conclusion. [LEFT SPEARING.] HOUSE OF . COMMONS—This Evening. The SPEAKER took the chair at four o'clock. The following bills were read a third time and passed : Bolton Improvement—Brokers' Bonds and Rents—Clay ton, Allerton, and Thornton Gas—Commercial Docks and Grand Surrey Docks and Canal—Kilkenny Cathedral Economy Fund—Liverpool and London Fire and Life Insurance and Globe Insurance Companies—North British Railway (Perth Branch)—Sevenoaks, Maidstone, and Tun bridge Railway—and Sunningdale and Cambridge Town Railway. GRIEVANCES OF INDIAN OFFICERS. -- - Captain JERVIS asked the Secretary of State for India when he would lay upon the table of the house the pro posed plan for redressing the grievances of the officers of the Indian army. iir C. WOOD said there was nee: scarily delay in making a report on this subject, as their were several minute de tails to be carefully considered. however, the moment the details were ready he would lay a report on the table of the house, Secretary e. of State for S d S e r i E' Mr. DODSON asked the returnsUn relating to the cost of COST OF EMBAS S lES, in answer to the address of Foreign AtfAirs when the ~ic,l agencies for the year embassies, missions, and political took a long time in pre paration, t ending june, the w l o s u t l d o f b e M p a r r e c s h e . n t l_ Mr LAYARD said the returns w of e t r h e eiv n w o E ve B e 6 r . k edy, and would be laid on the SCHOOLS. t d a a b : l a ie t r i .i o n n m , tih b ie u , F et ° O t uh :l e N p ° asked the Vice President - of the Com mittee of Council on Education, if the minutes of May 19th, 1863, and March 11th, 1864, on Endowed Schools, were to be withdrawn. Mr. BRUCE said that the Government was placed in 'rather an anomalous position in regard to those minutes, a nd was about to make a statement, but was interrupted by Lord J. MANNERS, who said that it would not be right if the right hon. gentleman proceeded with this line of observation at the 'Resent lime. Mr. BRUCE said he woad ask the hon. member (Mr. Mitiord) to postpone his motion until the minutes were ready to be laid on the table, which would be on the 30th of June, by which time the Government would bo able to understand how the present system worked, when the discussion conic/ be brought on with advantage. Mr. MITFORD—And the minutes P Mr. BRUCE—Certainly not. Mr. ADDERLEY expressed a hope that Governmen'z would give him a fortnight's notice before the subject wr qj brought forward. Mr. BRUCE answered in the affirmative. HONG KONG ORDINANCES. Colonel SYKES asked the Attorney-General, to which of the Hong Kong ordinances of January, 1855, " To en.. force neutrality during the contest now existing in China," his answer to the member for South Northumberland wa.ra intended to apply, that of the 15th January, 1855, or that of the 17th January, 1855, or to both. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that it refered tQ the earlier ordinance. Colonel NORTH asked ARMY the P Unde RIZES r Secretary of State for War whether the Royal Commission upon Army Prize had made its rep, , rt ; and, if so, when it would be placed upon the table of the house ? Mr. PEEL said that the report had been received, and would be shortly laid on the table. THEp WOOD, CONFERENCE. In reply to Mr. Bo Sir G. GREY said that, as ho had stated on a previous occasion, that the Conference had been sitting up to Thurs day last. He could now inform the house that an armis tice for a month had been agreed to. PUNISHMENT FOR VAGRANCY. Mr. AUNT drew attention to the case of a poor woman and her two children, who had been sentenced to three weeks' imprisonment for having been found sleeping in a tent. He wished to know if the right hon. gentleman, the Secretary of State for the Home Department had had his attention directed to the matter. Sir G. GREY replied in the negative, and said he would direct an inquiry into the subject. INSPECTORS OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS, In reply to Sir J. PAKINGTON, Sir G. GREY said the motion on this subject would be brought on next Thursday. POLAND. Sir G. GREY said that if the hon. member (Mr. He n . nessy) would postpone his motion relative to Poland, h e guaranteed on the part of Government that an opportunity would be afforded of bringing it on on the 19th inst. THE ARMISTICE. Mr. D. GRIFFITH inquired if the right hon. baronet (Sir G. Grey) could inform the house of the terms of the armistice. Sir G. GREY said he was unable to communicate the terms, but there could be no difficulty in ascertaing their nature. Mr. DISRAELI said that he was surprised at the answer given by the right hon. baronet (Sir G. Grey), and that any parties should be earlier informed of the terms of the armis tice. Sir G. GREY said that he had given all the information he possessed, to the effect that hostilities had been sus pended for a month. He did not know what were the terms. (LEFT SITTING.) SPORTING NOTES. Although all the sporting writers failed to predict the winner of the Chester (up, after having selected all the favourites, besides several others, to beat the field, it affords me great gratification that my only selected, Little Stag, ob tained the second situation. He was at 12 to 1 last Mon day, when my letter appeared in 2h* Sun, so that those who backed him to win and for a place cannot complain of my advice. It is most absurd for handicappers to give old horses the same weight as three-year-olds. The York Spring Meeting commences to-morrow. For the Craven Stakes Little Stag has only to put in an ap pearance to carry it off. In his absence, either Antoinette or Donnybrook will win. The Great Northern Handicap will likely be contested by a large field. King Charming, one of the dead-heaters for the Metropolitan, I do not ex.. pect will see the starter. Major, the other dead-heater, will nearly win. Wingrave, from his running with Stradella and Isoline, must be very dangerous. East Lanca shire, from his forward position in the Chester Cup, is bound to run well. Fontenoy, it is said, will not stay the distance, but I have a different opinion, and think if he does not win he is almost certain to get a place. Greville is another that must not be despised. Guerilla is a good sound horse, but I expect Wingrave will beat him. again. Dr. Rooke is a great good .looking colt, with fine speed, and if he can stay the course, he will nearly win. The winner, I expect, will turn up in either Wingrave, Major, or East Lancashire. The Flying Dutchman's Handicap will be only a canter for Little Stag. A FRESH MAN. IRELAND, DUBLIN, May 7. A coroner's inquest held at Waterford lately re minds us of negro life in a Slave State. A mall named Keown was found dead on the road in the townland of Grange on Thursday morning. The body was divested of coat, hat, and necktie, and discoloured under each ear. The coat was found in the house of Mr. Penrose, a gentleman of means, near whose residence the body was found. It ap• peered that the deceased, a man about 60, had been in the service of that gentleman and slept in the house, which he had left at 1 o'clock on the night his death. Under these circumstances the consta bulary arrested Mr. Penrose, pending the coroner's inquiry, on suspicion of having murdered his ser vant. The first witness examined was his sister, Miss M. M. Penrose, who stated that she never heard her brother threaten deceased, and that he could not have gone out on the night in question without her knowledge. She had known servants to run away on one or two similar occasions to keep out of the way. Another witness, Mary Anil O'Brien, a servant in the house of Mr. Penrose, told the following story—Her master came home about 11 on Wednesday night a little under the in fluense of drink. He neither saw her nor the man. servant, but threatened to take their lives. Witness left the gate, not wishing to be in his way, as be had several times struck her. Keown and she then hid under the tree. Mr. Penrose had let out the dog, and the deceased bid his companion hide, or the dog would find them out. They soon after left the tree and concealed themselves in the coalhole, where they remained for two hours. Witness then took courage, and *rept out to Miss Penrose, who said she would leave the house and had written about lodgings. Witness then called Larry (the deceased), and said all was right as Mr. Penrose had gone to bed. But hearing his voice " very cross' ' she ran out at 1 o'clock. He came down and said he would take her life. She ran, and he followed tier to the road gate. She heard him say that Larry was past his labour, and he would take both their lives as they were no use. He had attacked her three months ago and struck her very severely, and also nine months before. When he was in liquor he often struck Larry. He knocked him down twice by striking him on the side of the bead severely, and grasped his throat. Mr. Penrose seemed to " have a great wish for Larry," though he struck him in a passion. Larry had taken off his coat and necktie because he was afraid his master would " choke him with the handkerchief. He did so several times." Mr. Penrose was never cross when he was sober. He came home under the influence of drink two or three times a week. He was not always violent. Mr. Penrose was Mt. minen, and stated that he came home late on W e d., nesday evening, having takes some liquor during the day ; he did not strike Larry t hat night, but he asked him about a dog and'` called out h e was no use.' He also scolded the co ok ab out leaving the kitchen door open. Etc d i d not noti ce where de ceased went. Dr.' Carr oll, who had made a post mortem examination, dep os ed that there were no marks of wounds o r contusio ns or violence on the body. There was fatty degeneration of the heart, and the lungs were congested; the liver also was ested and full of blood. highly Oong The disease of the heart wa s sufficient to cause death. The old man was not able to bear undue or extraordinary excitement. The Coroner, Ur, Delahunty, mimed up, and t h e jury found that deceased " died by the visitation► of God." Mr. Penrose was discharged. SHIPPING-THIS DAY. BY MAGNETIC TELEGRA.PIC. GAAvEfi➢\D Monday Morning. Arrived, May B—Visserie, from Worcum—itoland, from Andsund—Mentor, from Worcum. Arrived, May 9—William, from Ystad—Agnes Fraser, from Seville—Ornen, from Dantaic. DEAL, Monday Morning. Passed—Conclops for Bombay—Jane, for Algoa B a y— Candidata, for Barbadoes—all from London—Austrian gunboat Seehund, from Gravesend, for the Downs, after pairing. SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY, EXETER HALL— Handers great choral work, " Israel in Egypt," will be performed for the last time this season on Friday next, the 13th inst. Madame Parepa, Miss Banks, Madame Sainton- Dolby, Mr. Sims Reeves, Mr. Weiss, and Mr. Santley will be the principal vocalists. 'The Patrie and the Constitutionnel have reecnfly made great fun of the war articles of our ministerial con. temporaries, the Pat, ie exclaiming, a night or two since, after quoting the Post, " Here is England marching again —in the columns of a newspaper. How many campaigns of the kind have uot our worthy neighbours carried ou for some time past."